Benzene, 1-fluoro-2-methyl-4-nitro- → 2-(2-Methyl-4-nitrophenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2,7-naphthyridine

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A mixture of commercially available 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2,7-naphthyridine dihydrochloride (456 mg, 2.2 mmol), 2-fluoro-5-nitrotoluene (512 mg, 3.3 mmol), and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (2.0 mL, 11.4 mmol) in 8.0 mL DMSO was heated at 115° C. for 20 hours. The reaction was added to a H2O/brine mixture, then extracted with EtOAc. The EtOAc portion was washed with a H2O/brine mixture, aqueous Na2CO3 solution, dried with anhydrous Na2SO4, and evaporated to an oil. An impure sample from a previous reaction (1.0 mmol scale) was combined, and then chromatographed eluting with CHCl3/EtOAc to give the title compound as a yellow solid (365 mg, 42% combined yield). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ: 8.40-8.43 (m, 2H), 8.05-8.11 (m, 2H), 7.14 (d, J=5.0 Hz, 1H), 7.11 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 1H), 4.27 (s, 2H), 3.36 (t, J=5.7 Hz, 2H), 3.04 (t, J=5.6 Hz, 2H), 2.42 (s, 3H).

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